Adv Practice Nurse - 1

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Milton, GA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct patient care relative to physical diagnosis and therapeutic management independently, using physician consultation where appropriate. The Geriatric Nurse Practitioner provides care in one or a combination of the following settings: subacute rehabilitation, long-term care, assisted livings, rest homes and home care environment.

Requirements

Master's degree in Nursing required.
License Nursing License required.
Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
1-3 years related work experience required.
Valid prescriptive authority from both the MA DPH-DCP and Federal DEA
MA Board authorization to practice as an APRN NRSG
American Heart Association-Basic Life Support Certificate
Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Nice To Haves

Geriatric care graduate nursing education.
Nurse Practitioner experience with part of that time dealing with geriatric patients.

Responsibilities

Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care for a panel of patients.
Evaluates individual health care status of patients, including eliciting a patient history, performance of physical examination, ordering of screening and diagnostic tests, risk assessment and interprets this information to establish a diagnosis.
Develops and implements a plan of care, including treatments, medications and the like within defined guidelines for practice.
Provides care to the patient in a manner that incorporates the principles of patient satisfaction and delivery of cost effective care.
Participates in the development and evaluation of practice guidelines.
Monitors the individual's response to therapy and revises the plan, as indicated, with particular attention to education and counseling and encouragement of self-care.
Provides ongoing individualized patient orientation to APG/BIDCO.
Seeks consultation from the consulting physician and other members of the healthcare team.
Makes appropriate referrals as indicated by patient needs.
Collaborates with colleagues in APG/BIDHC/BIDCO and community to develop an effective patient care program.
Maximizes available resources and incorporates multidisciplinary services into program design and implementation.
Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient care and/or related systems.
Identifies learning needs of patients and staff and collaborates with other leaders to determine priorities for educational programs.
Participates in interdisciplinary education programs of the practice and provides clinical precepting for nursing students, nurse practitioner students, medical students and others.
Provides leadership that supports APG, BIDHC practice policies and goals.